Disenchantment (TV series)
| Disenchantment | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adult animation Animated sitcom Fantasy |
| Created by | Matt Groening |
| Voices of | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein |
| Producer | Claudia Katz |
| Running time | 20-25 minutes |
| Production companies | The ULULU Company Rough Draft Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 2018 |
Disenchantment is an upcoming adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening.[1] Twenty episodes of the series have been ordered by Netflix[2] with the first ten episodes scheduled to be released in 2018.[3] The series is Groening's first production for Netflix; he previously created The Simpsons and Futurama for 20th Century Fox Television.
Premise
The series follows the story of Bean, an alcoholic princess, her elf companion Elfo, and her "personal demon" Luci, who live in a medieval kingdom known as Beanlandia.[4]
Cast
- Abbi Jacobson as Princess Bean[1]
- Nat Faxon as Elfo[1]
- Eric Andre as Luci[1]
- John DiMaggio[1]
- Billy West[1]
- Maurice LaMarche[1]
- Tress MacNeille[1]
- David Herman[1]
- Matt Berry[1]
- Jeny Batten[1]
- Rich Fulcher[1]
- Noel Fielding[1]
- Lucy Montgomery[1]
Several cast members worked previously together on such TV shows as US-American Futurama (DiMaggio, West, LaMarche, MacNeille, Herman), British The Mighty Boosh (Fielding, Fulcher, Berry, Montgomery) and IT Crowd (Berry, Fielding, Montgomery).
Production
The series, created by The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening "will bear his trademark animation style". The series will be animated by Rough Draft Studios, the same studio that worked on Futurama,[5] and is planned for a 10 episode first season in 2018.[5] In July 2017, it was announced the rapper Briggs is part of the writing team for the series.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Matt Groening Netflix Animated Comedy A Go With 20-Episode Order, Abbi Jacobson, Nat Faxon & Eric Andre Lead Voice Cast". Deadline. July 25, 2017.
- ^ "Netflix Announces DISENCHANTMENT, a New Epic Fantasy Animated Series from Matt Groening". Netflix Media Center.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Goldberg, Leslie (2017-07-25). "Abbi Jacobson to Lead Voice Cast for Netflix's Animated Matt Groening Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia; Littleton, Cynthia (2017-07-25). "Netflix Orders Matt Groening Animated Comedy 'Disenchantment'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ a b Liao, Shannon (2017-07-25). "Matt Groening is making an animated medieval adult fantasy with Netflix". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Moran, Rob (2017-07-27). "Briggs to be part of the writing team on Matt Groening's new Netflix series". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
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